Man charged with threatening Broward judges gets bond

FORT LAUDERDALE — A Broward County judge ordered a $150,000 bond for a man who is charged with threatening harm to her judicial peers, their relatives and law enforcement.

In court Thursday, Judge Stacy Ross also ordered home confinement and a GPS monitor for Joshuah Enoch Mancinni if he is released before trial.

Mancinni, 53, is charged with making a written threat to kill or injure.

"Based on the arrest warrant, there are multiple allegations that he is alleging that he is going to kill members of our community, including their kids, their families, go after the police and the sheriff himself," Ross said in court. "He can have no contact with the victims whatsoever."

The Broward Sheriff's Office did not immediately release the arrest report Thursday.

On Wednesday, Broward County first appearance Judge John "Jay" Hurley had sealed Mancinni's case file that included the names of people who sheriff's investigators say he threatened.

Hurley sought to have a judge from Miami-Dade County hear the case, citing potential conflict if a colleague of the victims is involved in proceedings.

Chief Assistant Public Defender Steven Michaelson asked Ross to postpone Thursday's hearing so that a written request could be filed to get a judge from outside Broward County.

"The alleged threats involved, as a victim, at least one sitting judge in the 17th circuit," Michaelson said.

But after consulting with Circuit Judge Jack Tuter prior to Mancinni's hearing, Ross decided to hold the hearing and found probable cause for his arrest.

Mancinni told the public defenders' office that he has no money and declined to describe his family ties.

Michaelson and Assistant Public Defender Terry Conover told Ross that such a high bond was "tantamount to no bond at all" for someone who is indigent.

Mancinni does not have a record of criminal convictions in Florida.

A previous charge against him for grand theft auto in Boca Raton was dropped, Assistant State Attorney Eric Linder said.